REQUEST FOR VETO: AB 1771 (Bloom) Regional Housing Needs Assessment.

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AB 1771 would alter the process and requirements for developing the methodology for a regional housing needs allocation (RHNA) and adopting an allocation plan.

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Dear Legislator,

The CITY OF CITY urges you to veto AB 1771 (Bloom), which would alter the process and requirements for developing the methodology for a regional housing needs allocation (RHNA) and adopting an allocation plan.

The CITY OF CITY agrees that the existing RHNA process is not perfect and needs to be changed in order to better identify regional housing needs and more equitably distribute needed housing units at all income levels.  AB 1771 makes a number of changes to the methodology and allocation process that make sense.  For example, we support expanding the list of factors the council of government (COG) must include in the development of the RHNA methodology.

However, we oppose the following provisions that remain in AB 1771:
-	Government Code Section 65584.05 (f) is deleted from existing law, thus disallowing two local governments to agree to an alternative distribution of appealed housing allocations between the affected local governments. Deleting this section would limit regional cooperation and possibly hinder housing construction.
-	Late amendments allow a Council of Government (COG) to identify significant barriers to affirmatively furthering fair housing at the regional level and recommend strategies or actions to overcome those barriers.  We believe that the COG is not the appropriate entity to make such recommendations.  Additionally, this new authority would essentially allow a COG to second guess city land use decisions.

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For these reasons, the CITY OF CITY urges you to veto AB 1771 (Bloom).

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